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ArticleEndocrine2017

Aldehyde dehydrogenase activity plays no functional role in stem cell-like properties in anaplastic thyroid cancer cell lines.

Mika Shimamura, Tomomi Kurashige, Norisato Mitsutake, Yuji Nagayama

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Article in Endocrine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Sonic Hedgehog Signaling in Thyroid Cancer.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2017
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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mika ShimamuraDepartment of Molecular Medicine, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University, 1-12-4 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8523, Japan.
Tomomi KurashigeDepartment of Molecular Medicine, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University, 1-12-4 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8523, Japan.
Norisato MitsutakeDepartment of Radiation Medical Sciences, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University, 1-12-4 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8523, Japan.
Yuji NagayamaDepartment of Molecular Medicine, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University, 1-12-4 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8523, Japan. nagayama@nagasaki-u.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5058-9349
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent studies have revealed that aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) is a candidate marker for thyroid cancer stem cells, although its activity is flexible. The goal of this study is to clarify the functional significance of ALDH enzymatic activity on thyroid cancer stem cells properties in anaplastic thyroid cancer cell lines. In vitro sphere formation assay was used to judge the stemness of 4 anaplastic thyroid cancer cell lines (FRO, ACT1, 8505C, and KTC3). Two well-known ALDH inhibitors, N,N-diethylaminobenzaldehyde (DEAB) and disulfiram (DS), were first used. DEAB (50 μM) almost completely suppressed ALDH activity without affecting cell proliferation or spherogenicity. Lack of effect of ALDH suppression on spherogenicity was confirmed using shRNA for ALDH1A3, an ALDH isozyme predominantly expressed in anaplastic thyroid cancer cell lines. In contrast, an ALDH2 inhibitor DS (1 μM) inhibited spherogenicity but did not inhibit ALDH1A3 activity. Based on the recent article from another group reporting the importance of sonic hedgehog (Shh) signaling in ALDH activity and spherogenicity in thyroid cancer, the effects of the Shh inhibitor cyclopamine were also studied. Like DS, cyclopamine (1 μM) decreased spherogenicity but not ALDH activity. Finally, exogenous expression of ALDH1A3 in otherwise ALDH

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Cell Line, TumorCell SurvivalDisulfiramHumansNeoplastic Stem Cellsp-AminoazobenzeneThyroid Carcinoma, AnaplasticC.I. Solvent Yellow 56Disulfiramp-AminoazobenzeneAldefluor assayAldehyde dehydrogenaseCancer stem cellsSpherogenicityThyroid cancer

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